MelanieSteps and possible trouble while loading and playing www.ImmuneDefenseGame.com
1. If you are on www.ImmuneDefenseGame.com, this is our Kickstarter Page. There is a link to the demo is on this page. The direct link is here: www.MolecularJig.com/demo.
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MelanieIt is well known that people walk away from STEM careers despite their sincere interest and excellent abilities. Most of the reasons listed for why people who have expressed an interest, chosen the field, have done as well as any one else, would choose to leave or feel out of place have something to do with a feeling of not belonging.
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MelanieHere I am talking about how to make a game out T cells and Macrophages. I am speaking with Alec Redwood, an Australian virologist and immunologist who was in Seattle for a few weeks. We discuss the interactions between Macrophages and the adaptive immune system and how we built a game around these molecular mechanisms.
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MelanieImmune Defense, our video game, has a lot of potential. Scientists are impressed that many fundamental concepts are clearly and intuitively presented. Game players are happy because they get to do things, see the cells react and make decisions about what to make the cells do. The game has all its parts: cells to buy,
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MelanieSeeing what things do. This is science, as I see it. What does this thing do when I put it next to that thing? What happens if that thing is missing? How do these things develop from this simple group of things to this complicated group of things? If I poke it while it is developing,
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You can see that I have plenty of experience as a biochemist, as a game developer and as an evaluator of learning (research page). It is important to work with a team that has experience. It took me several years to build the team I have now.
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MelanieI want a game that will put players in the driver’s seat at the molecular level. I want players to pop into an amazing fantasy world with millions of moving parts and know what to do.
To give player this feeling of power, the mechanic needs to be simple.
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MelanieImmune Defense is a strategy game. Most strategy games show the player a field and show small characters on that field but from a distance. However, in Immune Defense you can zoom down to see the details of the fight.
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MelanieWhat is my story? The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, down the street from me, focuses on Infectious Diseases. I was checking them out, since I might want to work there as a biochemist if some of these grant applications don’t quite work out…
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MelanieHi there, here I am in Nottingham, England participating in the 2014 Faraday Discussion. 
Each year the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, hosts the Faraday Discussion on a chemistry related topic. This year’s topic is Molecular Simulations and Visualizations. One of the organizers is Art Olson at Scripps.
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